The Pentagon funded the YF-22 over the cheaper YF-23 when they knew it was a far more problematic warplane—purely out of a desire to keep Lockheed Martin alive. The late United States Air Force ...
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The Fighter Jet Haunting The US Air Force
Does the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 "Black Window II" demonstrator built for the US Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition still haunt the Air Force? No, not really, but that ...
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YF-23 vs F-22: why the wrong jet might've been smarter
The Advanced Tactical Fighter competition is often remembered as a clean win for the F-22 Raptor, but the losing prototype, ...
“Interestingly the YF-22 and YF-23 had exactly the same trimmed AoA of 60°. The YF-23 could do it without thrust vectoring. Those V-tails were very powerful especially when coupled to an unstable ...
The Lockheed YF-22 and Northrop YF-23 both met U.S. Air Force requirements for the Advanced Tactical Fighter. Credit: U.S. Air Force Military aircraft competitions are decided by more than just design ...
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